England who dominated Day 1 of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, dominated proceedings on day two as well. They enforced the follow-on on the visitors and are now 8 wickets shy from notching up a win in the Test match.
England started day 2 on 498 runs for three wickets, went onto score another 67 runs and lost three wickets before they finally decided to declare on 565 runs for six wickets.
Ollie Pope who was unbeaten on 169 runs on day 1 went added just two more runs before he was dismissed by Tanaka Chivanga. Joe Root was already dismissed on 34 runs on day 1 of the Test match. Harry Brook, England's new white-ball skipper, who was unbeaten on 9 runs on day 1, went onto score 58 runs off 50 balls before he too was dismissed. England declared with the fall of Harry Brook's wicket, with Zimbabwe needing a mountain to climb.
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Brian Bennett Scored His Second Test Ton
Zimbabwe did not show enough resilience with the bat in the first innings. Opener Brian Bennett scored 139 runs off 143 deliveries and was the only silver lining in the visitors effort with the bat. The likes of Craig Ervine (42 runs off 64 balls), Sean Williams (25 runs off 41 balls) and Tafadzwa Tsiga (22 runs off 49 balls) tried their best but could not back up Bennett's good show. As many as six Zimbabwe batters scored in single digits with three of them scoring ducks.
The England bowlers showed all their prowess with the ball as they hunted for wickets in a pack. Shoaib Bashir took three wickets for 62 runs in the first innings from nearly 17 overs. Gus Atkinson bowled a fiery spell and finished with 2 wickets for 58 runs from 13.1 overs. Ben Stokes, the England skipper, took two wickets for just 11 runs. Sam Cook and Josh Tongue took a wicket each as well.
Shoaib Bashir Went To 50 Test Wickets
Zimbabwe were bowled out for just 265 runs in the first innings falling behind England's first innings score by exactly 300 runs. Thus it was no surprise that England asked the visitors to follow on. In their second innings, Zimbabwe did not have a good start with the bat once again as they lost their centurion from the first innings early. Bennett scored just one run off 10 balls in the second innings. He fell to Gus Atkinson. The second wicket to fall was Craig Ervine, the Zimbabwe skipper who was dismissed for just two runs off 13 balls. At stumps, Zimbabwe were reeling at 30 runs for the loss of two wickets still trailing by 270 runs. England look the firm favourites to win the Test match from here on with it likely to happen on Day 3.
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Numbers From Day 2 At Trent Bridge
On Day 2, as many as 15 wickets fell with 362 runs being scored in total. England find themselves in a dominating position heading into day 3 and possibly sealing the game.
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